Ashton Gate Stadium

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Ashton Gate
The Gate
Ashton Gate Stadium
View of Bristol with Ashton Gate Stadium and the Clifton Suspension Bridge in the background.
Data
place Ashton Road Bristol BS3 2EJ, United Kingdom
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
Coordinates 51 ° 26 '24.5 "  N , 2 ° 37' 13"  W Coordinates: 51 ° 26 '24.5 "  N , 2 ° 37' 13"  W.
owner Bristol City
opening 1904
Renovations 1928, 1958, 1970, 1994, 2007, 2014-2016
surface Natural grass
costs approx. £ 50m (2014-2016)
architect KKA Architects (2014-2016)
capacity 27,699 seats
playing area 105 × 68 m
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The Ashton Gate Stadium is a football stadium in the southwestern English city of Bristol . Since the renovation work was completed in summer 2016, it has seated a total of 27,699 spectators. It is owned by the Bristol City football club , which uses it for their home games. Since 2014, the rugby union club Bristol Rugby has also been based in Ashton Gate.

history

View of the Wedlock "East End" booth with the scoreboard. In the summer of 2014 the rank was demolished.

The Ashton Gate Stadium was built in 1904. Ashton Gate, a street in Bristol , had previously been home to Bedminster FC, a club that merged with Bristol City around 1900. After the merger, the management of Bristol City planned to build a stadium in Bristol, because the previously existing sports field was not large enough for a high division. Construction of the stadium was completed in 1904. Four years after the construction work was finished, the first tournament took place at Ashton Gate Stadium, albeit not in football , but in rugby . At the Home Nations Championship 1908 , in which the game between England and Wales (18:28) was played in Bristol, the Welsh rugby selection secured the trophy in this rugby union tournament. More than ninety years later, in 1999, another major rugby event took place at Ashton Gate Stadium. At the Rugby World Cups , Australia secured the title, with one game held in Bristol.

The stadium has served Bristol City football club as a home game venue since 1904. Bristol was once English runner-up and also once came to the final of the FA Cup , where they had to admit defeat Manchester United . The only notable success was winning the Welsh Cup in 1934. Bristol City currently plays in the English second division, the EFL Championship .

Atyeo Stand at Ashton Gate Stadium (2010)

The Ashton Gate Stadium has often been used for concerts by well-known artists and bands. The rock group Bon Jovi set a record attendance at a concert in June 2008 when 23,000 spectators flocked to the stadium. The Rolling Stones , Sir Elton John , Neil Diamond , Bryan Adams , The Who , Ronan Keating , Rod Stewart and Meat Loaf have also played here .

On August 6, 2016, Bristol City played the first game in the converted Ashton Gate. 17,635 visitors came to the stadium against Wigan Athletic (2-1). The new main stand with a photovoltaic system (260 solar modules ) on the roof was named The Lansdown Stand .

Grandstands

  • The Lansdown Stand - West, main stand , 10,832 seats
  • The Dolman Stand - East, opposite stand, 6,484 seats
  • The South Stand - Süd, back gate, 6,143 seats
  • The Atyeo Stand - North, back gate, 4,240 seats

Bristol City Stadium

Bristol City planned to move up to the Premier League in the near future . For this purpose, the club wanted to build a new stadium, which should be named Bristol City Stadium . At first the plans looked like that they only wanted to expand the Ashton Gate Stadium, but over time the board changed its mind and submitted the building application for a new stadium. After the application was approved, the plan for the new arena began in 2008. The Bristol City Stadium should be completed in 2012 and offer space for 30,000 spectators, with 42,000 originally planned. However, this notion has been discarded by the decline in viewership in English football. The Bristol City Stadium, which would have cost £ 29m to build, was also intended to host the 2018 World Cup . In this case, the capacity would have been increased to 42,000 places. Due to legal difficulties, the club withdrew from the new construction plans and concentrated on the renovation of the Ashton Gate Stadium.

Web links

Commons : Ashton Gate Stadium  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. setlist.fm: Ashton Gate Stadium concert list (English)
  2. stadionwelt.de: First game in the converted Ashton Gate Stadium Article from August 8, 2016
  3. stadiumdb.com: England: "Old but new" Ashton Gate now open Article from August 7, 2016 (English)
  4. bristol-sport.co.uk: The new West Stand at Ashton Gate has been named as The Lansdown Stand Article dated August 6, 2016
  5. stadiumdb.com: stadium capacity (English)